Episode 04: Building better organizations for the future, applying systems thinking to leadership, and next-gen agile and lean with Chris R. Chapman

Software Development Coach, Chris R. Chapman, joins the balenaPodcast to talk about what next-gen engineering leaders need to build better organizations. Chapman discusses why systems thinking is critical for any new leader, as well as applying psychology and empathy into the mix. He reminds us of the management thinking of luminaries like Deming, Ackoff, Taguchi, and more, while encouraging new leaders to help modernize those principles to help build better businesses for the future.

Hosted by Alexandros Marinos, Founder and CEO of balena.

Interesting Links:

• Chris R. Chapman on Twitter, LinkedIn
• Digestible Deming Substack
• The Methods and Motivations of balena's Organizational Structure
• Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge
• Deming Institute
• Thinking in Systems, Donella H. Meadows
• Steven Sinofsky-- Don’t ship your org chart
• Gore lattice system
• Valve employee handbook
• https://hbr.org/1986/01/the-new-new-product-development-game (Takeuchi, Nonaka)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_L._Ackoff
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliyahu_M._Goldratt
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Senge
• https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/the-fundamental-attribution-error
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myron_Tribus
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Sarasohn
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taguchi_loss_function